Plow.



' Patented Mar. 19, I90l.

No. 670,355. i I F. L. EZELL. E PLOW. L (Application filed Sept. 13,1900. (No Model.)

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FRANCIS LAFAYETTE EZELL,

OF WILKERSON, TENNESSEE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 67 55, da dlVIarCh 19,0

Application filed September 13, 1900, Serial No. 29,921. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS LAFAYETTE EZELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at WVilkerson, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flows, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to plows; and one object of the same is to providesimple and efficient means for bracing and giving stability, steadiness,and proper balance to the plow.

Another object is to provide a plow which may be readily and quicklyconvertible for different kinds of work and which shall be capable ofadjustment as to depth of furrow and which will be light of draft.

I attain these objects by means of the construction shown in theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of the specification, and inwhich Figure lis a side view of my invention when used as asingle-shovel plow. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideview of my invention when arranged to be used as a triple-shovel plow orcultivator. Fig. 4 is a front view of the implement when arranged to beused as a straddle-row cultivator. Fig. 5 shows cross-sections of thestandards on the lines 00 a: and y y, Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts wherever they occur inthe different views.

In said drawings the numeral 1 designates the beam of my implement, and2 3 4; the standards for the plows. The standard 2 for the central plowis provided with a shoulder 5, which bears against the bottom of thebeam, and the upper end of this standard is secured to the beam by thetwo bolts 6 6. The standard is bent inward under the beam at 7 to alinetherewith, so as to occupy a central position in relation thereto. Theplow point or shovel 8 is secured to the lower end of the standard bythe bolts 9. A brace-rod 10, secured at its front end under the beamforward of the standard 2, extends backward and through the center ofthe standard at 11 and is held in place by the nut 12 on the end of saidbrace-rod. The standards 3 and 4 are bent outward upon opposite sides ofthe beam, as shown in Fig. 4, and the bracerods 13 for these standardsare secured to the beam upon opposite sides, and the lower ends of thebrace-rods pass through perforated lugs 1-1, which project inward fromthe standards. all the standards are in the line of draft or in directlines from the center of the beam to the points of the. shovels, asindicated in dotted lines, Fig. 4E. The standards in cross-sec- It willbe noted that the brace-rods for tion are I-shaped above the brace-rodsand T- shaped below, as shown in Fig. 5.

At the rear of the standard 2 for the central plow a guide or regulator15 is adjustably secured. This guide consists of a bearing-face 16, thefront end of which is pivoted to the standard back of the shovel, and acurved arm 17, having a slotted end, bolted at 18 to a perforated lug 19in rear of the standard 2. This guide may be adjusted to regulate thedepth of the furrow, and it also serves as a guide to hold the plow toits work and to give stability in guiding.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is A plowcomprising a plurality of standards secured to the beam, the rear plowbeing located centrally under the beam, the other plows being located atequal distance at the sides of the beam, and brace-rods extending fromthe beam to the standards in direct lines from the center of the beam tothe points of the plows, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS LAFAYETTE EZELL.

Witnesses:

O. B. LANE, R. D. EZELL.

